COMPASS Annual Research Colloquia

The colloquia are kindly hosted by Statistics New Zealand at their Wellington office and have been held regularly since 2008.

Contributing to Public Policy Making: Micro-simulation and other techniques – the work programme of the COMPASS research team.

The 2012 colloquium was held at Statistics New Zealand’s Wellington office on Friday 3rd August. Eight presentations were given and these are listed below along with copies of the presentations.

Professor Peter Davis- Introduction to the COMPASS work programme, and microsimulation and its role in public policy

At COMPASS we have now had a number of years of experience with simulation modelling, In that time we have developed three micro-simulation models and three agent-based ones. We have found that the micro-simulation models have been very useful for policy work, while the agent-based approaches have been better suited to more academic applications.

Dr Barry Milne- Modelling the Early Life Course (MEL-C). A simulation tool for policy makers

Modelling the Early life Course (MEL-C) is a research project that is developing a software application tool for policy makers. The application involves a computer simulation model with data from existing longitudinal studies to enable policy makers to quantify the underlying determinants of progress in the early life course, and thereby improve the ability of policy makers to respond to issues concerning children and young people.

Mr Roy Lay-Yee- Policy Modelling & Demographic Ageing: Long-term health and social care

The demographic ageing of New Zealand society has greatly increased the proportion of the population in the older age groups along with an increasing demand for both health and social care. We report on a dynamic microsimulation model focused on two strategic areas: the impact of long-term, disabling and chronic conditions affecting older people, and their consumption of health and social care across the spectrum.

Dr Barry Milne- Assessing socio-economic position through occupation: An update of the New Zealand Socioeconomic Index (NZSEI)

The assessment of socio-economic position (SEP) has a wide range of uses in health and social science research and in resource allocation. I will describe the development of the New Zealand Socioeconomic Index, updated for the 2006 Census (NZSEI06).

Professor Peter Davis- Assessing the performance of New Zealand hospitals

How does the New Zealand public hospital system rate across different dimensions of performance? Using indicators available to us over the period 2001-2009, we present results on the performance of New Zealand public hospitals across dimensions of technical efficiency, patient safety, quality, and social equity.

Dr Barry Milne- Patient safety indicators using administrative data at New Zealand hospitals 2001-9

The Australian Patient Safety Indicators (AusPSIs) are a set of indicators developed from Australian administrative data to reliably identify inpatient adverse events in hospitals. We will describe the application of the AusPSIs to New Zealand data and describe the impact of patient factors on rates of the indicators.

Dr Jaikishan Desai- Hospital productivity and efficiency in New Zealand (2001-09)

Using simple index numbers, data envelopment analysis, and stochastic frontier methods we analyse hospital productivity and efficiency in New Zealand between 2001 and 2009. In this talk we will present revised estimates of productivity and efficiency, and address some key data issues associated with use of the national collections on hospital outputs (NMDS and NNPAC).
 

Adding Value to Publicly-Funded Data - The work programme of the COMPASS research team.

The 2011 colloquium was held at Statistics New Zealand’s Wellington office on Friday 22 July. Five presentations were given and these are listed below along with copies of the presentations.